Acraea ranavalona is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

Forewing at the base as far as vein 2 bright red (male) or almost completely hyaline (female); hindwing with grey, often semitransparent, red-spotted marginal band, the red marginal spots proximally bounded by sharply defined black submarginal dots; basal and discal dots distinct; ground-colour beneath white, above in the male bright red, in the female white or whitish.

The discal dots of the hindwing united into a transverse band.

The colours in life may be much brighter than those shown in early collections and in museums.

It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]